[U-Boot] U-Boot Graphics Library?

[Simon Glass]

Hi,

We are currently using a very rudimentary graphics features attached
to U-Boot. It can only display bitmap images. We use this in Chromium
to composite a display for the various screens we need to display in
U-Boot. Unfortunately the graphics screens get quite large when using
multiple languages since they are pre-rendered.

Is there any interest in a simply graphics library in U-Boot, that can
display things on the screen? We already have bitmap support, but
could perhaps add outline font support (e.g. freetype) as well. This
might allow display of simple boot menus or booting information. A
board could create a structure containing a list of things to display
(text, bitmaps) and pass it to the graphics library for rendering
using existing functions and the new font support.

If we do this, rather than re-invent the wheel, does anyone have any
suggestions on a very small and simple existing library that we could
bring in to do this?

Regards,
Simon